St. Louis was #2 in the nation for fastest growing rate of new startups in a metropolitan area. St. Louis had 4,876 new start-ups in 2014. In a survey of entrepreneurs, the Census Bureau found that 30% of new businesses in Missouri are in health care. Additionally, women own a larger number of startups in […]
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AKI – Expanding the ASN Community
ASN has added another dedicated site – the AKI Community – to its line of discussion groups, and nephrologist Anitha Vijayan, MD, FASN, Professor of Medicine in our division, will be one of the initial co-moderators guiding the conversation. “The AKI community subgroup was created specifically to provoke thoughtful discussion among community members who have […]
Welcome Celia Dehn
We are pleased to introduce another new member of our division, Celia Dehn, the Senior Department Accounting Assistant who will be handling the purchasing/accounting functions for the division. Prior to coming to the Division of Nephrology, Celia worked in the Department of Pathology & Immunology for 28 years. Working at WashU is a family affair; […]
Welcome Hatice Goshtaiy
One of the new faces you may have noticed in the division these past months is Hatice Goshtaiy, our new Research Administrator. Hatice has been with WashU since 2005. She worked in the Central Grants Office (OSRS) as a Grant Analyst and then moved on to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as a Grant […]
WU Nephrology Web Series Tops 10K YouTube Views
Our division is proud to give a hearty round of applause to faculty member Timothy Yau MD, the creator and moderator of the Washington University in St. Louis Nephrology Web Video Series. The series has accumulated 10,000 views in just under 9 months since its debut on YouTube! A “personal interest” in online video gaming […]
NKF Keep Healthy Program – Free Kidney Screening
The National Kidney Foundation participated in the Third Annual Community Health Fair at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in St. Louis this past Sunday, 28 August 2016, by providing kidney screening free of charge. The screening was only part of the event, which was a collaborative effort of health care providers, exhibitors and volunteers organized by […]
Spotlight on Women in Medicine & Science at WUMS
A symposium highlighting the work of women faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine will be held September 22, 2016, in the EPNEC Seminar Room B, 1:00-3:00 pm. “Development of women leaders at WUSM is a top priority to continue our excellence in clinical medicine, research and education,” says Victoria Fraser, MD, Adolphus Busch […]
Expanded Genomic Profiling for Renal Diseases at WashU
In the complex world of renal pathology, a kidney biopsy is often not enough to make a definitive diagnosis in certain patients. This is when diagnostic genetic testing can help. Genetic testing using next-generation sequencing (NGS; also known as high-throughput sequencing) is fast becoming a valuable tool for clinicians to help manage complicated cases and […]
Herrlich Speaker at Protease World in Health and Disease Symposium
Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology will be a featured speaker at the 2nd International Symposium Protease World in Health and Disease, Sept. 14-17, 2016, in Kiel, Germany. The symposium, entitled Proteolysis as a Regulatory Event in Pathophysiology is organized by the Collaborative Research Center 877, which focuses on […]
Urea – A Novel link between CKD and Diabetes
While it is well known that type 2 diabetes is a common cause of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), researchers have just shown that the opposite may be true. The study, published in JCI, demonstrates that urea is directly responsible for impairing insulin secretion in CKD. In a press release, Laetitia Koppe, MD, PhD, from the […]